Don't Wanna Be Normal, by Athletes Of God Featuring Lady Blackbird

Don't Wanna Be Normal

by Athletes Of God Featuring Lady Blackbird

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1.	Don't Wanna Be Normal (Long And Crooked) 08:11	info	buy track
2.	Don't Wanna Be Normal (Wanna Be Crooked) 06:51	info	buy track
3.	Don't Wanna Be Normal (Wanna Be More Crooked) 06:02	info	buy track

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Athletes of God is the powerful combination of Roisin Murphy's producer Parrott aka Crooked Man, and Lady Blackbird on ‘Don’t Wanna Be Normal’.

Parrott makes his debut on Foundation Music after having a seminal career that spans decades. From his beginnings as a DJ at Sheffield Club Jive Turkey, he was cited as the inspiration for Warp Records, to being the very first release on Warp under his ‘Sweet Exorcist’ moniker with Cabaret Voltaire’s Richard H Kirk, he is one of the originators of the Sheffield ‘bleep’ sound. His Crooked Man project saw him signed to James Murphy’s DFA Records, and amongst many other plaudits, most recently the elusive producer worked his black magic on Rosin Murphy’s incendiary album ‘Rosin Machine’.

This downtempo, electro-soul version of Randy Crawford’s ‘Don’t Wanna Be Normal’ has largely been unknown. Foundation Music Ross Allen’s been loving it and wanting to cover it since he heard Pete Tong play it back in ’86 on Invicta Radio.

Athletes Of God infuse Lady Blackbird’s iconic voice into a deep & soulful, moody electronic journey. Athletes of God and Lady Blackbird take a well-formed song and bring it up to present day with its perfectly timed message for 2022. The message more apt than ever. With the right singer and the right producer, it was finally time to do this track justice. Played already on 6 Music in its demo form by Roisin Murphy, with listeners raving since Roisin dropped that first sneaky tease.

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released July 4, 2022

Parrot - Production and Arrangement
Lady Blackbird - Vocals

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